Hanger



`Ap;i114, 1942.

C. F. PASE HANGER Filed Feb. 1o, 1941 Patented Apr. 14, 1942 UNITED STTES PATENT OFFICE 2,279,760 v l A HANGER Charles F. Pease, Pasadena, Califf Application February 10, 1941, SerialNo. 378,275

Y (o1. zii-113) 3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers for supporting clothing and other objects. More particularly this invention relates to a hanger in which a plurality of clothes pins of spring clip type are held by a frame which is provided with socket openings in which a member of each clip is inserted and locked securely in outstanding position.

The primary object of this inventionis to provide a hanger of maximum simplicity and inexpensive construction, which is adapted principally although not exclusively for household use and by which articles supported thereby are readily attached or detached. A further object is the production of a hanger by which the articles supported thereby are held securely in separated condition from each other so as to provide free circulation of air to promote drying. Among further objects is to provide a hanger which will not discolor nor damage articles which are supported thereby and which can be easily assembled for use or knocked down and packed in a compact package for shipping.

For lack of suitable space it is usually found inconvenient to employ a clothes line for supporting articles such as clothing while drying or storing in a room. By the use of my invention the use of a clothes line is obviated and the articles can be suspended from any convenient support in a minimum of space. Also when not in use the hanger can be stored away. Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description.

In the drawing forming part of this specication, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved hanger showing a single arm support; Fig. 2 is a plan of the single arm support shown in Fig. 1, when the hook support and spring clips are removed; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan showing a plurality of the supporting arms `assembled in readiness for the hook support to be attached; Fig. 4 is a detail showing a portion of one of the supporting arms in central longitudinal section and a portion of one of the spring clips attached longitudinally thereto through the flexed portion thereof; Fig. 5 is a plan showing a modified construction of the supporting frame for the spring clips, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the hook support which may be used with my improved hanger.

In the drawings, the frame of my improvement as disclosed in Figs. 1 to 4 is composed of a plurality of main supporting horizontal arms such as A, each of which consists of a flat strip of metal or other suitable material ileXed downwardly and outwardly Vat each' of its opposite ends. Each end is provided with a pair .of longitudinally disposed socketopenings I0 and II and a transverse shoulder piece I2 between each pair of openings for the purposes hereinafter described. One or any number of the main supporting arms A may be employed to which the hook support B is removably attached through the median portion thereof and bywhich the frame may be fastened to any suitable supporting object in a room or elsewhere. As shown in Fig. 3, three of thearms A are arranged substantially equally distanced apart circumferentially on the hook support B, said arms having centrally disposed coinciding perforations such as I3 'through which a gammet 'ring I3' is fsecured to hold the arms together. In use the hook support is secured through the gammet ring. Each end of each supporting arm is adapted to support a clothes clip such as C, in downwardly and outwardly slanting position. This clip is of usual construction such as is used for fastening clothes on a clothes line. The clip has the usual pair of broad flat lever arms fulcrumed upon and secured to a coil spring I5 which has its ends anchored thereto in the usual manner so as to form a pair of spring closed jaws I6 on one end of the spring and a pair of spring actuated spaced operating lever arms I'I-II' on the opposite portion of said spring. When the lever operating arms are released and spread apart by the spring, jaws I6 are adapted to close and clamp any object placed therebetween and when the lever arms are compressed the jaws are opened apart, thus releasing any object which may have been held thereby. The lower lever arm I1 of a clothes clip such as described is inserted longitudinally through the pair of socket openings II), and II below the shoulder piece I2, said connection being closely fitted so as to assist in retaining the clip with its jaw end radiating outwardly and the body of' the clip slanting longitudinally outwardly and downwardly. The socket openings thus provide a tight fitting slip joint in which the lower arm of the clip is removably inserted. In this manner the clip will hold any article outwardly in free position. The rectangular shape of the socket openings, provides a close fitting engagement for the lower arm I'I of the spring clothes clip and serves to restrain the clip from canting or swiveling in the main supporting arm. In this manner the clip is held rigidly and prevented from canting or swiveling in use. The articles supported by all of the clips are thus spaced circumfersnaps into engagement when the lower member I1 is inserted in the openings I0 and ll. The

lower end of the shank I9-of the hook supportk B is formed with alcomparatively large horizontal convolution 20 which functions as a support for retaining arms A from tilting out of f horizontal position and with a downwardly extending loop 2| which acts as a handle to facilitate the user in adjusting the hanger on a support.

The frame composed of a plurality of the arm members A may when desired be formed as an integral unit as shown in Fig. 5, in which the bodyD having the central support'receiving .opening 25 is provided withra plurality of radiating arms E exed outwardly and downwardly. These arms have the slip joint pairs of clip arms receiving openings 26 and 21 in which the clips suchas C are adaptedto be secured by their lower arms in a manner similar to that provided by the construction shown in Fig. 1. Various other modications are contemplated within the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the f ollow-` ing claims. When not in use the supporting hook can be easily removed through the opening I3 for convenience in storing, packing and shipping.

I claim: 1. -A hanger of the class described, consisting of a main supporting arm having a downwardly extending flexed end and a pair of aligned socket openings through the body and flexed portions thereof, a spring clip having an arm member insertable through said socket openings to support the clip in outwardly and downwardly slanting position, and an upwardly extending hanger support from the body portion of said main supporting arm, said main supporting arm and the arm member of said clip having an interlocking catch cooperating with said socket openings to retain the clip through said'socket openings.

2. A hanger of the class described, consisting of a main supporting arm having a downwardly extending fixed end and a pairl of aligned socket openings through the body and flexed portions thereof, and a spring clip having an arm member insertable through said socket openings to support the clip in outwardly and downwardly slanting position, the arm member of said clip which is insertable through said socket openings having a notch in which an edge of one of said socket openings is adapted to snap into engagement under the spring tension of the flexed end of said supporting arm to hold the clip adjusted through said openings.

3. vA hanger of the class set forth, consisting of a main supporting arm having a downwardly extending flexed end and a pair of aligned rectangular socket openings through the body and flexed portions thereof, and a springclip having a broad at arm member insertable through said rectangularsocket openings in outwardly and downwardly slanting position and restrained from canting or swivelingr thereby.

CHARLES F. PEAsE. 

